RANGEL, Charles B., a Representative from New York; born in New York, N.Y., June 11,
1930; attended DeWitt Clinton High School; B.S., New York University School of
Commerce, New York, N.Y., 1957; LL.B. (J.D.), St. John’s Law School,
Brooklyn, N.Y., 1960; United States Army, 1948-1952; lawyer, private practice;
assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1963; counsel
to speaker of the New York state assembly, 1965; counsel to the
President’s Commission to Revise the Draft Laws, 1966; secretary, New
York State Penal Law and Code Revision Commission; member of the New York state
assembly, 1966-1970; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the
twenty-two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-present); chair, Select
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Ninety-eighth through One Hundred
Third Congresses); chair, Committee on Ways and Means (One Hundred Tenth and
One Hundred Eleventh Congresses); chair, Joint Committee on Taxation (One
Hundred Eleventh Congress).